bake - June 2018 - 14

equipment
The Shrinking
Kitchen
Multi-function bakery and cooking equipment proved the highlight of the 2018 National Restaurant Association Show, where
foodservice operators discovered numerous innovative and
labor-saving features.
Baxter, recognized for superior, durable baking and cooking
equipment, featured a completely new kind of oven, the
VersaOven. Providing a unique level of versatility, speed and
simpliﬁcation for busy kitchens, the VersaOven combines the
best features of convection, rotisserie and combi ovens into
an easy-to-use, all-in-one, self-cleaning oven that can save
kitchens time, money, space and headaches.
Alto-Shaam showcased its full-size and countertop Vector
Multi-Cook Ovens. With a single oven, Alto-Shaam chefs
prepared items like cinnamon rolls, breakfast sandwiches, pizza
and more in a single oven.
"As kitchen equipment does get smaller, it can make the back
of the house smaller. This favors multi-function players," says
Many new products in the foodservice equipment sector at the National
Bill Davis, sales manager at Edward Don & Company, a leading
Restaurant Assocation show featured time-saving innovations.
distributor of foodservice equipment, who spoke at the 2018
National Restaurant Association Show.
Built to offer the cooking advantages of rotisseries, rack ovens
Baxter's VersaOven features a rotating interior oven rack for
or more heat transfer mechanisms (air impingement, micro-
even cooking results, and a 95,000 BTU/hour in-shot burner
wave, convection), which decrease cook times by more than
system. The VersaOven is also built with a patented, self-
80 percent without compromising quality. TurboChef ventless
contained steam system that generates more steam than a
ovens have internal systems for eliminating grease-laden vapor
standard mini-rack oven. Designed to handle the daily cooking
prior to the grease escaping the oven. The Panini model is a
demands of the busiest delis, grocery stores and retail kitchens,
great ﬁt for making grilled focaccia bread and toasted sand-
the VersaOven has the capacity to ﬁt 10 18-inch by 26-inch
wiches, while the Bullet model is perfect for 8-inch toasted
sheet pans.
subs and 14-inch pizzas.
Vector Multi-Cook Ovens from Alto-Shaam offer up to four
"They help with inexperienced cooks because they're
ovens in one. Users can control temperature, fan speed, and
programmed; you can program the oven on a pad and hit
time in each individual oven chamber. Unmatched even-
'pizza,'" Davis says. "I really like the concepts like Blaze
ness in cooking is possible thanks to exclusive Structured Air
Pizza and MOD Pizza. They cook pizzas in 3½ minutes while
Technology, which delivers high-velocity, vertical upward and
customers are going through the line. It is old-school tech-
downward airﬂow. This optimized, focused heat delivers faster,
nology combined with bright young minds."
more even cooking without rotating pans.
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and combi ovens in one convenient and consolidated package,
TurboChef rapid cook ovens feature a combination of two